Kings Cross for Ladies
Kings Cross, Sydney, has become quite the lady destination these days.
Alexa’s Retro Fake Fur
Winter is coming in Australia and New Zealand and Alexa Chung has the answer.
The Hobart Autumn Price Drop
March to May in Hobart sees Sydney tourists depart (too cold) and bargain-hunting travellers fly in (with coats).
Wearing a Mini Over 40
Three years after an economic boom, mini skirts always take off. That’s the theory anyway, according to the Erasmus School of Economics.
Sydney’s Secondhand Empire
Where do you even begin with the U-Turn empire? Try online. This is a good filter for Sydney’s ultimate secondhand chain.
Vintage Cashmere in Edinburgh
It’s so obvious, it’s probably not a secret, but if you want the best in classic knitwear, go to the source. So that’s Scotland, land of many sheep.
Collingwood, Melbourne for Ladies
Melbourne is the world’s fourth most liveable city of 2025, partly because of its charming shops for women. Collingwood is full of them. Here are six essential shops in Collingwood to visit.
The World’s Favourite Tweed
The World’s Favourite Tweed Scotland’s Harris Tweed is the best-loved, most famous brand in the world, exported from the Outer Hebrides to France and Japan. If you’re weekend shopping at car boot sales, garage sales and charity shops, sooner or later, you’ll find a Harris Tweed jacket on the rack, instantly recognisable from Peaky Blinders […]
The Best Breton Top
Chanel, Yves St Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld made the Breton top famous, but how can you buy the best one today – and why is it still a wardrobe staple for French men and women?
Brigitte Bardot’s Repetto Classics
Bardot’s ballet shoes worn with Capri pants, fishnet tights or carried in her hand – are still the favourite luxury brand of many French women. Many have copied, but few come close…
Chanel’s Paris Tea Room
Chanel’s Paris Tea Room by Jennifer Johnson Angelina is known primarily for its hot chocolate and Mont Blanc super-cake – but also for being Chanel’s Paris tea room of choice – and where Vivienne Westwood launched herself. There’s More to Angelina… Before 2021, the most controversial thing that had ever happened at Angelina in Paris […]
Second-hand Hermes Scarf Secrets by Jennifer Johnson
It takes 37 km of silk, spun by Bombyx Mori worms, to produce enough for one Hermes scarf. That’s one of the reasons they are so costly. Buy secondhand and you can reduce the cost by one half, to one third. What are the secrets to know, though?